| SF drug cases at risk amid crime lab questions |
At least two dozen felony drug cases were dropped Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court amid questions of evidence tampering at the city’s crime lab.
Updated: 11:06 PM
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| Photos taken by OC serial killer released |
Huntington Beach police are asking for the public’s help in identifying any potential victims among dozens of young women apparently photographed by Rodney Alcala, convicted in the serial murders of four women and a 12-year-old girl.
Updated: 10:36 PM
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| 2 Marine Corps fighter pilots rescued off SC coast |
Two Marine Corps fighter pilots have been rescued from the ocean off South Carolina after their aircraft went down.
Updated: 10:06 PM
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| Tribes face hurdles with sex offender registration |
Only Ohio and Native American tribes in Washington and Oregon have so far met the deadline to comply with a federal law passed nearly three years ago to coordinate and expand sex offender registration nationwide, a U.S. Justice Department official said Wednesday.
Updated: 09:36 PM
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| Mass. patron who paid for conjoined twins’ op dies |
A Massachusetts philanthropist who gave away millions of dollars to meet medical expenses for needy people and paid for the separation surgery of conjoined twins has died. A. Raymond Tye was 87.
Updated: 09:06 PM
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| Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher |
A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff’s dispatcher who took his call.
Updated: 09:06 PM
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| Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, ’Jihad Jane’ online |
Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend’s father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.
Updated: 08:36 PM
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| Miss. school prom off after lesbian’s date request |
A northern Mississippi school district decided Wednesday not to host a high school prom after a lesbian student demanded she be able to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.
Updated: 08:06 PM
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| NYC judge: Govt must stop blocking money to ACORN |
A federal judge who found it unconstitutional that Congress tried to cut funding to the activist group ACORN has rejected a government request to change her mind and has ordered government agencies to make it clear the funding isn’t blocked.
Updated: 08:06 PM
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| Coast Guard: Icebreaker to be reactivated by 2013 |
After a $62 million overhaul, the Coast Guard will have its third icebeaker back in service in 2013, filling a critical need as the fleet takes on new responsibilities, the commandant of the service said Wednesday.
Updated: 08:06 PM
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| Police surprised by teacher-student sex confession |
In his 28 years with the Burbank Police Department, Sgt. Robert Quesada had never heard of anything quite like it: A well-respected teacher at one of the city’s public schools walks into police headquarters and confesses to having an affair with a 14-year-old boy.
Updated: 07:37 PM
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| Sex offender with letter carrier job reassigned |
A letter carrier who is a registered sex offender has been reassigned after concerns were raised that he was delivering mail in a San Diego suburb with many children, a Postal Service spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Updated: 07:06 PM
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| Ohio St: Check found no criminal past on shooter |
Ohio State University said Wednesday a background check on a janitor who shot two supervisors before killing himself didn’t reveal that he had a criminal record, raising more questions about how his past prison sentence was missed.
Updated: 07:06 PM
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| NJ police seek man who shot, ran over bus driver |
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man who robbed and shot a New Jersey minibus driver, then stole the bus and ran him over, leaving him paralyzed.
Updated: 07:06 PM
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| Math and English classes could be standardized |
Governors and education leaders on Wednesday proposed sweeping new school standards that could lead to students across the country using the same math and English textbooks and taking the same tests, replacing a patchwork of state and local systems in an attempt to raise student achievement nationwide.
Updated: 06:36 PM
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